How To Remove Virus turning files on removable drive into shortcuts - Easy Permanent Solution

Many people are having this virus problem. This virus spreads via USB drives and converts all the files and folders into shortcuts. But real files are still there, just hidden.

This Problem is also referred to as 

.LNK and .PIF file shortcuts vulnerability in Windows Shell

Fix this problem in simple steps.

One

View hidden files

1.     Goto Folder Options

2.     Then  “View” tab

3.     Check show hidden files and folder.

4.     Clear the following check boxes:

      “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)”

      “Hide extensions for known file types”

5.     Click apply the changes

Two

Remove virus

If your antivirus does not detect it you can do manually.

1.      (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and ‘End’ Process ‘wscript.exe’ that is currently running.

2.     Click on Start>RUN

3.     Type REGEDIT then Enter to open registry editor.

4.     Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER\

5.     >Software\

6.     >Microsoft\

7.     >Windows\

8.     >CurrentVersion\

9.     >Run.

10.            On right find any file or description that ends with  .vbs or .vbe and note of were that file is located

11.            Minimize it

12.            Go to that location and delete the *.vbs or *.vbe file.

13.            Go back to REGEDIT and delete the key referencing that .vbs  file

·        To confirm if this file is not present anywhere, search for *.vbe in my computer and delete if any

Three

Delete the shortcuts and other unrecognized files on removable drive

Four

Remove hidden attribute from files on USB Drive

Go to command prompt in accessories

Type L:

Then enter

(Where “L” is your drive letter)

Then type

attrib -s -h /s /d *.*

Enter

DONE

Problem Solved


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